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Protocardia philippiana

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium philippianum was named by Dunker (1847).

It was recombined as Protocardia philippiana by Chen (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Cardium nicolletti, P. africana, P. anglica, P. anglica, P. barneyi, P. beiha, P. bella, P. besairiei, P. bipi, P. concinna, P. consobrina, P. contusa, P. coquandi, P. delicatula, P. dufrenoyi, P. dyenisea, P. dyonisea, P. eparcyensis, P. filosa, P. gigantea, P. grandidieri, P. hepingxiangensis, P. hillama, P. hillanum, P. ibukii, P. impressa, P. jacksonense, P. judaica, P. lycetti, P. meridionalis, P. moabitica, P. morinica, P. morrisea, P. moshuiwanensis, P. moutai, P. multistriata, P. olea, P. oxynoti, P. parahillana, P. peralraensis, P. peraltaensis, P. peregrina, P. pertenuis, P. pervinquierei, P. phillipiana, P. phillipsi, P. querangeri, P. rahmuensis, P. rara, P. regulare, P. schencki, P. schenki, P. schucherti, P. semidecussata, P. semipunctata, P. shehuensis, P. silicea, P. sislimanensis, P. sphaeroidalis, P. sphaeroidea, P. spillmani, P. striata, P. strickland, P. striuatula, P. subhillanum, P. subrhaetica, P. substricklandi, P. subtruncata, P. suprajurensis, P. tenuicostata, P. texana, P. tikechkachensis, P. timberensis, P. torta, P. tosensis, P. guadalupense, P. marcosensis, P. sphaeroidea, P. spillmani, P. africana, P. amanoi, P. buckmani, P. coquandi, P. dyonisea, P. goradongarensis, P. goradongarensis, P. grandidieri, P. hepingxiangensis, P. hiraigensis, P. ibukii, P. inaii, P. kachchhensis, P. keerae, P. kurumensis, P. lodraniensis, P. lycetti, P. morii, P. onoi, P. patchamensis, P. peraltaensis, P. peregrina, P. phillipiana, P. prisca, P. sastry, P. subtruncata, P. tosensis, P. bannesianum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Cardium philippianum Dunker
1865Cardium philippianum Stoppani
1876Cardium philippianum Henry p. 430
1982Protocardia philippiana Chen p. 409 figs. Pl 1, fig 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyCardioidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCardiidaeLamarck 1809
subfamilyProtocardiinaeReuss 1846
genusProtocardia
speciesphilippiana(Dunker 1847)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Protocardia philippiana Dunker 1847
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-07-04 09:31:14
Modified: 2009-08-17 22:21:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Todd 2001, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Norian to the top of the Bucklandi or 227.30000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian227.3 - 205.7Italy (Brescia) Cardium philippianum (203325)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Italy (Lombardy) Cardium philippianum (38083)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Germany Cardium philippianum (141186)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Italy Cardium philippianum (204921)
Angulata201.4 - 199.5France (Lorraine) Cardium philippianum (53947)
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Hungary Protocardia philippiana (125465)
Bucklandi199.5 - 192.9China (Guangdong) Protocardia philippiana (150405)